geri. johnson and conservatives. geri, 'ust johnson and conservatives.and conservatives. geri, just picking up — johnson and conservatives. geri, just picking up on _ johnson and conservatives. geri, just picking up on what _ johnson and conservatives. geri, just picking up on what calum said. it is via a series of tweets that mark spencer has published. it's worth making the point that he does go on to say that it was disappointing that when the issues was raised, miss ghani defined to refer the matter. she was invited to use the formal conservative party procedure. she declined to do so. what do you make of all of this? the conservative — what do you make of all of this? the conservative party is eating itself in public — conservative party is eating itself in public. you have mps who are supporting — in public. you have mps who are supporting ms ghani, saying this must _ supporting ms ghani, saying this must be — supporting ms ghani, saying this must be investigated and taken very seriously _ must be investigated and taken very seriously. she's a valu

a couple of things, | as geri says. a couple of things, one is_ as geri says.of things, one is the — as geri says. a couple of things, one is the willingness of conservative mps to speak out against — conservative mps to speak out against whips, against the prime minister. — against whips, against the prime minister, against the whole operation of the conservative government, really, and that is coming — government, really, and that is coming from within, so there has been _ coming from within, so there has been a _ coming from within, so there has been a flood gate opened in the last few days, _ been a flood gate opened in the last few days, in terms of allegations, and a _ few days, in terms of allegations, and a sort — few days, in terms of allegations, and a sort of area. this is building on questions around behaviour of government whips, those who are there _ government whips, those who are there to _ government whips, those who are there to kind of enforce, if you like. _ there to kind of enforce, if you like. what _ there to kind of enforce, if you like,

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geri willis fox business.is no longer blocking the account of a conservative children's book publisher. facebook originally said that heroes of liberty violated the company's rules against low quality or disruptive content. heroes of liberty publishes kids biographies on republican figures such as former president ronald reagan supreme court justice amy coney barrett and author thomas soul. facebook permanently disabled the publisher's account back on december 23rd. it appealed and called the move anti american facebook reversed its decision today, saying it was done in error. the late actress betty white is being honored with the new social media challenge calls for people to make a $5 donation to a local animal shelter on january 17th, which would have big white 1/100 birthday. she was a longtime advocate and animal lover. donations have already started coming in from across the country. some animal shelters say they've received thousands of dollars from the challenge already. a decrease in the honeybee popu

foxes geri willis reports on the irs new plan for a facial recognition requirement in order to access your data. a new program being launched by the eye. ours will require you to scan your face and provide other personal data enabled in order to be able to access your online tax data. the irs hiring a third party company. i d. me as gatekeeper to verify filers identity, claiming facial recognition is the most secure way to file charles reading, irs commissioner saying this identity verification is critical to protect taxpayers and their information. the irs has been working hard to make improvements in this area and this new verification process is designed to make irs online applications as secure as possible. but taxpayer trust in the irs is extremely low, due in part to scandals like the targeting of tea party groups by the irs in 2013. leading some to question whether the information gathered by i'd me will be shared with the nation's largest tax collector or other federal agencies. i'd me says the irs doesn't see, biometrics said. it's simply confirmation that the person is legit

geri willis reports on the irs new plan requiring facial recognition in order to access your data.am being launched by the eye. ours will require you to scan your face and provide other personal data enabled in order to be able to access your online tax data. the irs hiring a third party company. i d. me as gatekeeper to verify filers identity, claiming facial recognition is the most secure way to file charles rettig, irs commissioner, saying this identity verification is critical to protect taxpayers and their information. the irs has been working hard to make improvements in this area and this new verification process is designed to make irs online applications as secure as possible. but taxpayer trust in the irs is extremely low, due in part to scandals like the targeting of tea party groups by the irs in 2013. leading some to question whether the information gathered by i'd me will be shared with the nation's largest tax collector or other federal agencies. idea me says the irs doesn't see biometrics that it's simply confirmation that the person is legitimate. listen we match o

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it's a long way to go for an agency whose some of their processing equipment is 40 years old geri willisox business. president biden is working to ease the supply chain issues that are driving prices up on nearly everything across the country. his administration knows it needs to get a handle on the rising prices or it could bring his party down in the midterms. this week, the president released $14 billion to the army corps of engineers to help with the supply chain backlog. my administration is going to keep using all the tools. we have to reassure our supply change, strengthen our economic resilience and make more in america because the end of the day this is about national security, economic security, and it's about jobs. the anger and uncertainty from store owners to customers could transfer to the ballot box in november and become a republican selling point. the latest ap norc poll found that 37% of americans approve of the way the president is handling the economy. around the bay area this afternoon. didn't really feel a whole lot like winter. we had temperatures reaching into the

geri willis fox news and to order the free at home tests go to the website. covid test dot gov. the white house expects tests will typically shipped within 7 to 12 days of ordering the u. s. postal service will handle deliveries. and the cdc is advising americans against traveling to more countries due to the spread of covid 1920 countries have been added to the avoid travel list, among them argentina, australia, the bahamas. egypt israel, qatar, the cdc says travelers should avoid visiting these countries regardless of vaccination status , but the trip if it's absolutely necessary, they're saying make sure you're fully vaccinated before you leave. coming up. what? we're learning about a fatal crash in san jose that left two pedestrians dead and another injured. also ahead the rally today against the proposed new a stadium just hours before a key meeting by city officials. 12 days. it's been 12 days since we've had any rain here in the bay area. will we go another 12 days, the forecast straight ahead. and a new infusion of cash for the century old seawall along san francisco's e

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our guests joining me tonight are — geri scott, political correspondent from the press association — macdonald from times radio. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a senior conservative mp says the uk must do more to support ukraine, as russian troops mass along its border. tobias ellwood, who chairs the commons defence committee, says he thinks an invasion could now be "imminent" — and that president putin is "taking full advantage of a weakened west". russia has denied it's planning an invasion. but the us has delivered 90 tonnes of what it calls �*lethal aid' to ukraine — the first shipment since a fresh promise of assistance from president biden. in a few mins, reeta chakrabarti will be here with a round up of the day's top stories — including the latest from our correspondent in kyiv. but earlier i spoke to the economist's �*russia and eastern europe editor�* — arkady ostrovsky. i began by asking him whether he agreed that an invasion was imminent. well, to be honest with you, i must say i do not think anybody really knows what vladimir putin is going to do when he is going t

she's a, she's a realist, not a i wouldn't say she that she's a kid in geri. politician. but she does believe that that humanity is capable of terrible crime. evil. i mean her or her parents generation suffered under, under the nazis. and she herself suffered under the german communist. so she's she, she deals with the world as she finds it and believe i would describe her as a determined optimist for her. the image of this is an image she uses frequently rolling that rock up the mountain, lonely dive, it fall on his head every every few feet and then keeps going. that for her is not a a pessimistic image. it's what she does. it's what, and again this goes back to her lutheran foundation of the quiet work of salvation. right, right. that's what she did right. chance for 16 years. well, not only is germany and europe on the united states being tested by seizing, paying invited repute, and they're being tested internally. and while she was in office, the alternative for germany, a party of extreme islamic bo be extreme anti immigrant groups earned 2012 percent of the electo

with me are geri scott, political correspondent at the press association, and calum macdonald from times

tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are geri press association and calum macdonald from times radio. william wragg, the conservative mp who accused government whips of trying to blackmail some mps trying to oust borisjohnson, says he's due to meet the police next week to discuss his claims. he's been backed by the labour mp chris bryant, who says any such behaviour would be illegal. downing street says it's �*not seen any evidence �*to support the allegations, but would look closely �*if proof were presented.�* here's our political correspondent damian grammaticas. already under pressure, the coming days could prove decisive for boris johnson. now there is a new concern — the fact that one of the main rebel mps, who have already written letters of no confidence in him, is due to talk to the police possibly on monday. the mp william wragg this week alleged he'd been told others had faced threats they might lose funding for their constituencies if they did not back the prime minister. the intimidation of a member of parliament is

it's estimated around 10000 people in the north west of my geri fled. village is attacked by gunman last week. at least 200 villagers were killed and the home set on fire exam far estate. the attacks followed government airstrikes on the hide outs of criminal gangs. the president bahama to bahati condemned the killings as an act of desperation by mass murderers. he's vowed to deploy more military resources to track them down here for on says suspended lights to the molly and capital because of security worries. it comes a day after west african regional, the does impose new sanctions. echo was the said. it's in response to the decision by the military rulers, to stay in power for 4 more years. instead of holding elections next month, the interim government caused the sanctions. stupefying. is victoria gave me west africa is regional alliance equity meeting in the gwinnett capital across the issue being discussed. what if any new sanction should be imposed a marley because of delays to its democratic transition. equity chairman and president of garner made his new, clear in his opening st

with me now is geri scott, political correspondent at the press association, and i'm alsojoined by peterorjoining us. let me ask you first if you work at the yorkshire post before you move to the press association so you know a lot of those deciduous either one by labour for the first lot of those deciduous either one by labourfor the first time... lot of those deciduous either one by labour for the first time... by the conservatives off of labour for the first time in 2019, the kind of red wall seats we did a talk about. what do you think the mood is in constituencies like this and why would tory mps there be particular worried about these revelations? irate worried about these revelations? - heard really soon after the election at the prime minister recognised that these folks that were given to the tories were plentiful so that was the phrase he kept hearing, the queue for lending us your votes and thatis queue for lending us your votes and that is very much felt by those tory mps in those seats that were won by the conservatives in 2019 because a lot of the voters that backed the gov

geri, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, maria.equire you to scan your face and other personal data in order to be able to access your online tax data. the irs hiring a third party company, id me, as gate keeper to verify filers' identity, claiming facial recognition is the most secure way to file. charles redding, irs commissioner, saying this, identity verification is critical to protect taxpayers and their information. the irs has been working hard to make improvements in this area and this new verification process is designed to make irs online application as secure as possible. but taxpayer trust in the irs is extremely low due in part to scandals like the targeting of tea party groups by the irs in 2013. leading some to question whether the information gathered by id me will be shared with the nation's largest tax collector or other federal agencies. id me says the irs doesn't see biometrics simply -- pardon me, doesn't see biometrics, it is simply confirmation that the person is legitimate. listen. >> we match a selfie to th

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